Isles of Flowers. The story of the Isles of Scilly.
by KAY, ERNEST:
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Dorchester, Dorset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Alvin Redman. London. 1963 2nd ed.. 8.75 x 5.5 inches. In blue cloth covers with gilt to spine. With illustrated dustwrapper. In very good condition with very good dustwrapper (dw; Spine slightly bumped at top. In protective plastic cover. Not price clipped). A clean and tight copy. 283pp. With b/w photographic plates. Map to front endpapers. Descriptions of the individual islands and the history of the group, with lists of shipwrecks and the importance of flowers in the islands’ economy.
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- Bookseller
- The Antique Map & Bookshop (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 90422
- Title
- Isles of Flowers. The story of the Isles of Scilly.
- Author
- KAY, ERNEST:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Alvin Redman. London. 1963 2nd ed.
- Keywords
- ENGLISH TOPOGRAPHY ERNEST KAY, Isles of Scilly, Isles of Flowers, history, shipwrecks, flowers, economy, second, illustrated, dustwrapper,
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